Hush

So, from a hush you wake Caught in the moonlight's gaze In a place you can't explain Shrouded by a mirrored maze You collect your thoughts Re-assign the blame And before your eyes See her effigy beginning to take shape If there's a chance I have to ask No, you can't Have it back She guides your outstretched arms And reads your palms Sighs, and says you're not Anything or anyone But a carnivore At a carnival A sympathetic jaw Still closing on the animals If there's a chance I have to ask No, you can't Have it back Unconsciously devout to cradling the cause Have you given up your voice to even out the odds Of an immortal orchestra with a monolith of song You're far too kind, I'll be obliged to prattle on